Already in the second half of the current year, the South Korean company Samsung Electronics hopes to start mass production of its own 2-nm chips of the Exynos 2600 family. According to rumors, it already receives experimental samples with a suitable output level of at least 30 %, which is very good for this stage of training to serial production.
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At least this is reported by the South Korean publication The Bell, adding that Samsung pours serious material resources into the speedy development of chips for 2-nm technology. As part of the SF2 process, the Korean company will use the structure of transistors with the surrounding shutter (GAA) of the third generation. Already this innovation will allow to increase the speed of transistors by 12 %, increase energy efficiency by 25 %, and raise the density of placement by 5 %compared to the SF3 process (3 nm).
In the second half of the year, Samsung should begin mass production of 2-nm technologies of the Exynos 2600 of its own processors, which should be registered in the smartphones of the Galaxy S26 family, whose debut is scheduled for the first quarter of the next year. As you know, in the Galaxy S25 line this year there was no place for Samsung’s own processors, so the success in the mass production of Exynos 2600 will somewhat determine the ability of Samsung to recoup for this failure with the current generation of flagships. If everything goes according to plan, the production of 2-nm processors Exynos 2600 Samsung expects to start in the fourth quarter of the current year.
From third-party Samsung customers to use the 2-nm technology process, it is still known about the Japanese company PREFFERED NETWORKS and the American developer of chips for AI-Ambarella. The first is going to use the SF2X process, and the second is its variety for the SF2A automotive electronics segment. Whether Samsung will be able to lure Qualcomm on the production of 2-nm products of this American developer, so far it is difficult to say with confidence.